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others senator leahy and for their support. i hope others will join that effort. we are grateful for the
others senator leahy and for their support. i hope others will join that effort. we are grateful for the
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it may include chairman leahy.
it may include chairman leahy.
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it may include chairman leahy. mr. jennifer, of the aclu, will testify and speculate later that if i had 40 contacts, that would mean that for my name, you would accumulate 2 million phone records. 2 million. for one inquiry. multiply that by 300. we're talking about 600 million
it may include chairman leahy. mr. jennifer, of the aclu, will testify and speculate later that if i had 40 contacts, that would mean that for my name, you would accumulate 2 million phone records. 2 million. for one inquiry. multiply that by 300. we're talking about 600 million
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i'm proud to say that i am introducing my bill with the support of chairman blakey -- leahy. senator feinstein and i might have some overlap in our purchase. i will be happy to work with her. i like to focus my questions on transparency. after mr. snowden's
i'm proud to say that i am introducing my bill with the support of chairman blakey -- leahy. senator feinstein and i might have some overlap in our purchase. i will be happy to work with her. i like to focus my questions on transparency. after mr. snowden's
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it may include chairman leahy. willennifer, of the aclu, testify and speculate later that if i had 40 contacts, that would mean that for my name, you would accumulate 2 million phone records. 2 million. for one inquiry. multiply that by 300. we're talking about 600 million phone records. multiply that times seven years. what has been described as a discrete program, to go after people who would cause us harm, when you look at the reach of this program, it envelops a substantial number of americans. can somebody help me with the math here question mark have i missed something along the way the way? >> i would be happy to follow up in any detail that you'd like. first and foremost, analysts are charged with providing information that is useful. in that regard, they try to be judicious about choosing when to do a second or third hop. those are always exercised. they do not always exercise a second half for all numbers provided by the first top. theoretically, 40 times 40 times 40 get you to a large number. what we see
it may include chairman leahy. willennifer, of the aclu, testify and speculate later that if i had 40 contacts, that would mean that for my name, you would accumulate 2 million phone records. 2 million. for one inquiry. multiply that by 300. we're talking about 600 million phone records. multiply that times seven years. what has been described as a discrete program, to go after people who would cause us harm, when you look at the reach of this program, it envelops a substantial number of...
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patrick leahy, chair of the judiciary committee, has questioned the utility of these programs and they're having lawmakers over at the white house today, some of whom have called into question some of these programs. didn't mr. snowden in some sense into the american people and people around the world a favor and disclosing these programs given the outrage expressed about them? >> when you take an oath to protect the secrets of the united states, you are bound to protect them and there are consequences if you don't and here are procedures in place for whistleblowers that are available to those who would blow the whistle, if you will. the unauthorized leaking of classified information has and can do enormous damage turn national security interests those are just the facts. >> he never claim out -- if he did not come out and described them, we would never know. he would still be in the united tates. >> obviously, there has been a great deal revealed because of the release of unauthorized classified information but the fact of the matter is that these are programs that have been reviewed and
patrick leahy, chair of the judiciary committee, has questioned the utility of these programs and they're having lawmakers over at the white house today, some of whom have called into question some of these programs. didn't mr. snowden in some sense into the american people and people around the world a favor and disclosing these programs given the outrage expressed about them? >> when you take an oath to protect the secrets of the united states, you are bound to protect them and there...
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what happened is there were several people in congress, most prominent among them, senator patrick leahy, the chairman of the state and foreign operations appropriations committee in the senate but also marco rubio, john mccain and some others who came up with various ideas on how to increase restrictions. those ideas have been debated for a very long time and none of those have been tasked yet but we can expect they will be in the round of appropriations bills pitting of course the aid restrictions and the administration can always claim they must give the aid based on the national security concerns. so there is always a limit to what the congress can force the administration to do. and in the end of the administration really wants to give the e egyptian military the aid and they will find a way to do it. >> i want to read you a quote of the washington journal this morning and get you to elaborate if you can. there is a possibility of civil war from one senior u.s. official on intelligence and there's a dangerous possibility that egypt goes the way of syria. >> there are some similariti
what happened is there were several people in congress, most prominent among them, senator patrick leahy, the chairman of the state and foreign operations appropriations committee in the senate but also marco rubio, john mccain and some others who came up with various ideas on how to increase restrictions. those ideas have been debated for a very long time and none of those have been tasked yet but we can expect they will be in the round of appropriations bills pitting of course the aid...
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leahy, president pro tempore. the presiding officer: under the previous order and pursuant to the provisions of s. con res. 22, the senate stands adjourned 22, the senate stands adjourned >> and just about an hour from now attorney general eric holder expected to announce that nonviolent drug offenders with no ties to gangs or large drug operations will no longer face severe mandatory sentences. that part of a series of prison reforms he's expected to unveil during remarks to the american bar association. >> on whether goth public affairs offices are a help for the government. the panel will include journalists and media communications firms. >> booktv in prime time continues this week. tonight after "the communicators" we'll bring you authors from book fairs and festivals. at 8:30 p.m. eastern, we begin with oscar goodman at freedom fest. he talks about "being oscar: from mob lawyer to mayor of las vegas." after that we'll go to this year's chicago tribune printers row literary festival on "the cooked seed." then
leahy, president pro tempore. the presiding officer: under the previous order and pursuant to the provisions of s. con res. 22, the senate stands adjourned 22, the senate stands adjourned >> and just about an hour from now attorney general eric holder expected to announce that nonviolent drug offenders with no ties to gangs or large drug operations will no longer face severe mandatory sentences. that part of a series of prison reforms he's expected to unveil during remarks to the american...
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senator leahy when congress returns in september going hold a -- where is congress on this? how far have they got ton the issue? is there any legislative solution to the thash is in the works? >> there have been a lot of hearings in the wake of the revelation over the nsa surveillance program after edward snowden released document to the "washington post" and the "the guardian" about the programs we have seen the judiciary including both hearing. we have seen a bunch of legislation. you had senates widen, you -- udall, introduce a set of three bills the week before congress broke for recess that would reform how the fisa court which oversees some of the nsa surveillance program operates. and then leahy himself is introduced a bill that would narrow the data collection program which operates under section 215 of the patriot act. basically what the bill would do is make sure when the intelligence community is trying to seek phone records for an investigation they have to prove they're only going after a terrorist group or a foreign target. the closest they come to see congress
senator leahy when congress returns in september going hold a -- where is congress on this? how far have they got ton the issue? is there any legislative solution to the thash is in the works? >> there have been a lot of hearings in the wake of the revelation over the nsa surveillance program after edward snowden released document to the "washington post" and the "the guardian" about the programs we have seen the judiciary including both hearing. we have seen a bunch...